How and when can I see my class roster?

Class rosters are now available online to faculty once registration begins for that term. Faculty will have access to these rosters thoughout the term until 2 weeks after the term (TBD). Follw these simple iinstructions for accessing your current class roster.

1. Login to MyGranite
2. Select the WebROCK tab
3. Click on "continue"
4. Select "Faculty Services" (It is a different font and is a link to your faculty area.)
5. Select Term
6. Click on Submit to obtain your roster (Summary Class List)
7. Select the CRN for your course
8. Select Course, then Submit
9. Select "Faculty Services" again (This should bring you to your general roster.)

How do I enter my final grades in WebROCK?

Starting Spring Term 2007, faculty will be required to enter their grades online. Grades are due seven days after your course end date. For detailed instructions go to: WebROCK Self-Service for Faculty

Why are courses I'm teaching not listed under My Blackboard Courses?

NOTE: Blackboard is updated nightly with courses and instructor assignments according to data in the Banner Student System. The initial load for an upcoming semester is normally run about 8 weeks prior to semester start.

Possible reasons for missing courses:

• The Banner Student System does not list you as the instructor. It may list "STAFF" or someone else.
  • What to do: Contact the faculty coordinator who hired you to verify that your name has been entered into Banner as the Instructor.
• The course has not been created in Blackboard.
  • What to do: Please wait for the initial load of the semester, or if you need your course set up early, please contact your faculty coordinator (for OICs contact the Educational Technology and Computing office, 603-513-1390).

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How do I make my course available so students can access it?
Why can't my students see or access my Blackboard course?

When courses are created, they are "unavailable," which means they are visible to instructors but not to students. This allows you to keep the course hidden to students while you build the content. If you are teaching an OIC, your course will be made available to students the Wednesday before the launch of the term. If you are teaching any other course at the college, you will need to make the course available yourself.

1. Login to MyGranite.
2. Under My Blackboard Courses, click on the course you would like to make available.
3. Click on the Control Panel button located below the course menu.
4. Click on Settings (found under Course Options).
5. Click on Course Availability.
6. Check the Yes button next to "Make Course Available".
7. Click the Submit button.

HINT: If the course is available but your students still cannot access it, check to see if you entered a start or end date, with today being outside that range.

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How can I add additional users to my course (students, teaching assistants, co-instructors, etc.)?

NOTE: Students are automatically loaded into all Blackboard course sites by the first day of the semester, with late "adds" loaded daily thereafter. We do not recommend that faculty manually add students to a course as it may give the student the impression that they are officially enrolled. However, should the instructor be certain that a student is officially enrolled, (s)he may choose to add the student immediately to avoid delay. Instructors will also need to add any additional course staff in the same manner.

Instructors can add most users via the course Control Panel as follows:

1. Login to MyGranite, and click on the course name under My Blackboard Courses.
2. Click on the Control Panel button.
3. Click Enroll User.
4. Type a last name (or part of one), and click the Search button.
5. Click the checkbox next to the user to be added.
6. Click the Submit button.

HINT: Users who are already in your Blackboard course will not appear in the list when you choose Enroll User. To see the current roster select "View/Modify Users" in the control panel.

If a user needs access to your course Control Panel (Teaching Assistant, Grader, Course Builder, Co-Instructor), you will need to change his course "role" after adding him to the course:

1. In the Control Panel, choose List/Modify User.
2. Type a last name (or part of one), and click the Search button.
3. Click the Properties button next to the user.
4. Choose an appropriate role from the list.
5. Click the Submit button.

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How can I clean up my My Courses list? It's very long, or it lists old courses.

How do I change my personal information in my course?

You can access your Personal Information in 2 places once you have logged into MyGranite: in the Tools module on MyGranite tab and inside your course in the Course Tools section on the menu. Simply select the Edit Personal Information option and make your edits. Once you make these edits they will be applied across ALL Blackboard/OIC courses.

I am incorrectly listed as the instructor for a course. How can I fix that?

• Contact the Granite State College Technical Assistance Center.

  

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Where can I find additional Blackboard documentation for instructors and other course staff?

• The Faculty Info site, a web-based resource for teaching online, can be found on the MyGranite tab in the Faculty Quicklinks.
• To access the online Instructor Manual from inside any course, click the Tools button, then click on Manual.

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